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Chapter 1- January 17
Wally felt his gut turn inside out as he nervously fidgetted with the small ring box that sat carefully in his right pocket. It was snowing in Star City and he was waiting for Aaralyn Queen to come down the stairs for their date.
He smiled as she made her appearance, clad in a knee-length black dress, a heavy winter coat with fake fur around the hood, and a pair of black knee-high boots. Her light brown hair fell in waves around her face and he couldn't get over how beautiful she looked.
It took fifteen agonizing moments to reach the restaurant he had chosen, but the next hour of sitting across from the beautiful woman he'd fallen so deeply in love with seemed to be a thousand years to his agitated mind. He hated the way his mind worked when it came to times like these. He hated that he had plenty of time to think of all the things that could go wrong about this date, every possiblity in the time it took her to chew her food, swallow it, and ask him a question.
"Wally?"
"Yeah?"
"I just asked if you were done." she gave him an exasperated look and he felt his heart melt a little.
"Oh, yeah." he sat up and looked around until he spotted their waiter. "Check, please."
"What now?"
"I thought we could take a walk- head down to the park and all."
She raised an eyebrow. "Wally, you hate the cold."
"But you love it and I'll survive." he said, laying the cash for their meal on top of the check the waiter had just left, leaving a nice tip. "Let's move."
They headed out the door and down the street, hand in hand with one another as they admired the quiet grace of Star City. Aaralyn let out a sigh as she kicked her boots through the snow and leaned her head on Wally's shoulder.
"Look." he pointed out a moment later, with a chuckle.
On the newspaper stand were a couple of tabloids with their faces, both costumed and otherwise, on them.
One broadcasts the fact that Roy and Lian are set to play them minor roles of father and daughter in an upcoming film, set to hit the big screen on Friday; while the next questions whether Bruce or Ollie was richer. A third magazine showed a blown up picture of Faith and Speedy having coffee with a diagonal font across the bottom reading "Is it love?" while an out-of-context shot of the rarely angry Flash splits the other half of the cover. In even smaller print, a caption reads, "Was it just a squabble or are Flash and Faith over? And where does Speedy fit into all this? Details inside."
Aaralyn couldn't help but laugh at this one and picked it up, thumbing through the pages. Pictures of the three superheroes in action on separate occasions littered the pages that spoke of things they didn't truly know about. After a moment, she set it back and shook her head.
"They really have no idea, do they?"
He kissed her cheek, "Not at all."
The pair headed out to the Star City Central Park and to the bridge that overlooked a small waterfall, now frozen in this weather. He wrapped an arm around her as she shivered and pulled her close.
"You mean the world to me, you know that?"
"You mean the same to me." she laughed.
"No, really." he responded, not letting go of his hold on her. "I don't know what I would do without you. I knew that God had given me one heck of a gift when we met, but every day shows me that I underestimated how much He's blessed me by bringing you into my life. I love you so much it drives me mad sometimes. Every day, we put our lives on the lines for this world and every day I'm terrified that you're going to be ripped from me. Honestly, I'm not sure if I could even survive that."
He stopped, growing quiet as he continued to gather his thoughts.
"Wally..." she looked up at him as he silently pulled away.
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I asked Ollie for your hand in marriage last week and it's been burning me up from the inside out since." he got down on one knee and pulled out the ring he'd chosen just for her beautiful hand. "Aaralyn Melanie Queen. Faith Rene' Holzer. Will you do me the honor of spending the rest of your life with me as my bride?"
With tears welling up in her eyes, she nodded. "Yes, yes, of course!" she whispered joyously as he beamed up at her, placing the ring on her finger.
A camera flash or two went off, but neither of the two took note, both being far too wrapped up in each other as they shared a tender kiss.
"I love you so much, Wally West."
"I love you too, future Mrs. West." he laughed.
A few days later, the tabloids were out. Splashed across the cover of half of them was a photo of the two in a tender embrace, her ring finger on her left hand proudly displaying her new ring. The caption read, "Star City's princess getting hitched! How soon will the wedding bells start ringing?"
Author's Note: Here's our first chapter. The long awaited proposal. Hope y'all loved it! :D